# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sadao-watanabe
# Generated: 2026-08-14T07:03:27.909Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sadao-watanabe"
name: "Sadao Watanabe"
slug: "sadao-watanabe"
description: "Sadao Watanabe  is a Japanese jazz musician who plays alto saxophone and sopranino saxophone. He is known for his bossa nova recordings, although his work encompasses many styles, with collaborations from musicians all over the world."
tagline: "Japanese jazz saxophonist, composer, bandmaster (1933-)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sadao_Watanabe_jazz_musician.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1933-02-01"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           66.8
  momentum:             2.361561813043023
  historical:           12.89179066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     95
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  232
  category: null
totalFollowers: 8110
platforms:
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/sadaowatanabe1933"
    handle:    "sadaowatanabe1933"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/sadao_watanabe_official/"
    handle:    "sadao_watanabe_official"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.sadao.com"
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/Sadao_Watanabe"
    handle:    "Sadao_Watanabe"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0913850/"
    handle:    "nm0913850"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/2hGDAhezELu9olOncSWZYI"
    handle:    "2hGDAhezELu9olOncSWZYI"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC__KiyIaMb4HuCfDIFDa9BQ"
    handle:    "@sadaowatanabeofficial9132"
    followers: 8110
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%88_%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%A8"
    title: "ساداو واتاناب"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sadao_Watanabe"
    title: "Sadao Watanabe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sadao_Watanabe_(Musiker)"
    title: "Sadao Watanabe (Musiker)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sadao_Watanabe_(musician)"
    title: "Sadao Watanabe (musician)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sadao_Watanabe"
    title: "Sadao Watanabe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sadao_Watanabe"
    title: "Sadao Watanabe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sadao_Watanabe_(musicien)"
    title: "Sadao Watanabe (musicien)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sadao_Watanabe"
    title: "Sadao Watanabe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sadao_Watanabe_(musicista)"
    title: "Sadao Watanabe (musicista)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B8%A1%E8%BE%BA%E8%B2%9E%E5%A4%AB"
    title: "渡辺貞夫"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sadao_Watanabe"
    title: "Sadao Watanabe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B1%D1%8D%2C_%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BE_(%D0%BC%D1%83%D0%B7%D1%8B%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82)"
    title: "Ватанабэ, Садао (музыкант)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/378278bf-9cdd-4b4a-b319-38eddab9f1b1"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q329588"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4131863"
    title: "Sadao Watanabe"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump